FROM WILD ROOTAGE [and] WILDERNESS JOURNEY: A Search for Origins
by Walker, Ardis Manly and Roy E. Purcell
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Kernville, California and Henderson, Nevada: Ardis Walker and Roy E. Purcell, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes. Illustrated by Roy E. Purcell, partially in color. First edition, #68 of 500 sets designed by Roy Purcell and printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. As one of the first 110 copies, each volume contains an original etching hand-pulled, numbered, and signed by Purcell. The first volume is signed by both Walker and Purcell; the second volume is signed by Purcell and inscribed by Walker. Also, laid in is a printed Christmas poem from Gayle and Ardis Walker. Oblong quarto. Original linen bindings, with decorative brown stamping. A fine set, housed in the publisher's slipcase. Signed by Author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63758
- Title
- FROM WILD ROOTAGE [and] WILDERNESS JOURNEY: A Search for Origins
- Author
- Walker, Ardis Manly and Roy E. Purcell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Ardis Walker and Roy E. Purcell
- Place of Publication
- Kernville, California and Henderson, Nevada
- Date Published
- 1979
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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